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CompressedTexture3D
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**Inherits:** :ref:`Texture3D<class_Texture3D>` **<** :ref:`Texture<class_Texture>` **<** :ref:`Resource<class_Resource>` **<** :ref:`RefCounted<class_RefCounted>` **<** :ref:`Object<class_Object>`

Texture with 3 dimensions, optionally compressed.

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Description
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**CompressedTexture3D** is the VRAM-compressed counterpart of :ref:`ImageTexture3D<class_ImageTexture3D>`. The file extension for **CompressedTexture3D** files is ``.ctex3d``. This file format is internal to Godot; it is created by importing other image formats with the import system.

\ **CompressedTexture3D** uses VRAM compression, which allows to reduce memory usage on the GPU when rendering the texture. This also improves loading times, as VRAM-compressed textures are faster to load compared to textures using lossless compression. VRAM compression can exhibit noticeable artifacts and is intended to be used for 3D rendering, not 2D.

See :ref:`Texture3D<class_Texture3D>` for a general description of 3D textures.

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Properties
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   | :ref:`String<class_String>` | :ref:`load_path<class_CompressedTexture3D_property_load_path>` | ``""`` |
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Methods
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   | :ref:`Error<enum_@GlobalScope_Error>` | :ref:`load<class_CompressedTexture3D_method_load>`\ (\ path\: :ref:`String<class_String>`\ ) |
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Property Descriptions
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:ref:`String<class_String>` **load_path** = ``""`` :ref:`🔗<class_CompressedTexture3D_property_load_path>`

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- :ref:`Error<enum_@GlobalScope_Error>` **load**\ (\ path\: :ref:`String<class_String>`\ )
- :ref:`String<class_String>` **get_load_path**\ (\ )

The **CompressedTexture3D**'s file path to a ``.ctex3d`` file.

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Method Descriptions
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:ref:`Error<enum_@GlobalScope_Error>` **load**\ (\ path\: :ref:`String<class_String>`\ ) :ref:`🔗<class_CompressedTexture3D_method_load>`

Loads the texture from the specified ``path``.

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